Apparel-corset.



D. KOPS. APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZB. 19H.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET INVENTOR D. KOPS.

APPAREL coasn. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. I917.

Patented Sept, 25, 191?.

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DANIEL Ker-s, or NEW YORK. N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

To all whom'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have-invented an Improvement in Apparel-Corsets, of which thefollowing is a. specification.

This invention relates to an apparel corset and more particularly to animprovement upon the form of apparel corset shown and described in myco-pending application Serial No. 157,075 filed March 2d, 1917. Theapparel corset made in accordance with the disclosure of the aforesaidapplication is a closed-back front lace garment in which the upper frontportion of the corset is adjusted to position on the body of the wearerby means of laces orsimilar adjusting devices secured at one or bothsides of the usual front steels. Extending below the lacing deviceswhich terminate above the lower ends offlthe front steels there arealsoemployed tension straps foradjnsting the lower portion of the garment toposition and exerting simultaneously an inward and an upward pressureagainst the body'of the wearer, this adjustment being effected:preferably from the exterior of the garment. Also, as shown in'myapplication aforesaid, the garment is provided with skirts dependingfrom .the body portion thereof, the lower front section of the skirt onone sideof the garment beingundivided and unattached to the lower frontsteel section an. appreciable distance above the end thereof, while onthe other side of the garment'the front portion of the depending. skirtis divided 'andJis also unattached to the lower front steel sec-' tionfor an appreciable distance above the lower end thereof, thedividedskirt being to, make the adjustment such that when placed on thebody of the wearer the opposite sides of the garment at the frontthereofwill be symmetrical, I employ a tongue underlying the lacing devices andso 0011-.

Specification of Letters Patent- Pate ted Se t. 25, 1917 Applicationfiled May 28, 1917.

Serial No. 171,337.

structed as to form a gage in determining the extent to which the lacingdevices must be adjusted to make the garment symmetrical on bothsides ofthe wearer, and it is to this feature that the present invention moreparticularly relates. 1

In the drawing: Figure 1 isa perspective view showing the front of myimprovedgcorset as applied to the body of the wearer;

the garment may be made continuous or connected at the rear by asuitable strip of fabric indicated at 13. As will be understood thisstrip of fabric may be of any construction, but as illustrated diagram-,maticallyis preferably made with relatively large; interstices for.ventilating purposes.

Alsoas indicated in Figs. 1 and 2,- the gar mentmay be provided withdepending skirts l i-and theseskirtsas shown in'Fig. '2 may be connectedat the rear by a strip of elastic fabric 15 to permit of the necessaryyielding movement in the skirts to accommodate different positions-of;the body of the wearer. In'the front of the garment as is customary, Iemploy front steels 16 and ,17. These are. provided with the usualclasps IS-by which the front steels may be connected to one another inthe use ofthe garment, 16 designating the front steel on the lefthandside of the garment and 17 the front steel in .the right hand sideof the garment. The lowerfront portion of the depending skirt in theleft hand side of the garment is indicated at 19. This depends from thebody of the garment and is connected to the, front portion thereof alonga line of sewing 20 or otherwise an appreciable distance above the lowerend of the front steel 16, the front steel section on which the frontsteel 16'is secured-being designated by 21. a In this side of thegarment I also employatension strap 22 secured at itsv forev ward edgealong a line of sewing 23 to the lower portion of the front steelsection 21 and extending rearwardly therefrom. At its opposite edge thistension strap is provided with a series of eyelets 24. An anchor strap25 is employed in coacting with the skirt of the'garment so as toadjustthe ten sion strap and anchor strap to thedesired position inwhich they may be secured by tying thelace 27 in a knot 29 exteriorly ofthe garment.

" The front steel section on the right-hand side of the garment and inwhichthe front steel 17 is secured, is indicated at 30. A tension strap31 similar to the tension strap 22 is secured along a line of sewing 32or otherwise, to the lower portion of the front steel section 30 andextends rearwardly therefrom. At its opposite edge this tension strap 31is provided with a series of eyelets'33. In conjunction with the tensionstrap 31 there is employed an anchor strap 34 similar in all respects tothe anchorstrap 25. Theanchor strap 34 is connected along one edge tothe body of the garment at or forward of the hip section thereof and inits opposite edge there is a series of; eye- 1ets35. A lace 36 is passedthrough the eyelets 33 and 35 and also through eyelets 37 in the skirtof the garment so that'the positions of the tension strap 31 and theanchor strap 34 may be adjusted in a manner similar to the correspondingparts on the other side of the'g arment by drawing up the laces 36andtying the same in "a knot 38 exteriorly of'the skirt member. Thefront portion of the skirt member on the right hand side of the garmentis divided along the line designated by 39. One skirt section "40 isconnected to the front steel section 30 along aline of sewing 41 whichis in a similar position'to the line'of sewiiig'20 by'which the frontportion 19 of the otherskirt section is secured to the steel "section16. 42 design'at'es' the other portion of the divided'depending skirtonthe'right *hand' side of the'garment', and this'eXtends upwardly and isconnected to thebody of the garment in such a manner as to overliethetension strap '31.

V In the upper portion of the right hand side of the garment at thefront thereof the front steel section 30 is providedwith an eyelet strip44 in which there is a series of eyelets 45. The adjacent front edge ofthe preferably of a tapering configuration and .leted edgesof thegarinent'are drawn together until-they coincide with the longiin thisoperation the "other portions ofthe body of the garment is also providedwith a series of eyelets 46 corresponding in number and position withthe eyelet 45. These eyelets 45 and 46 extend preferably front the upperedge of the garment downwardly to approximately the upper edge of thetensionstrap 31, which, as will be understood, is a material orappreciable distance above the lower end of the front steels, and a lace47 is passed through these eyelets in order to adjust the upper portionof the garment to position on the body of the wearer.

7 On the inner side .ofthe garmentI employ a tongue 48. In plan thistongue is along one edge is connectedto the front steel section 30 by aline of sewing 49 or otherwise. At its opposite edge this tongue memberis connected to the body of the garment along a line of sewing indicatedat 50. For a portion of its lower edge the tongue member 48 is connectedto the upperzedge of the tension strap 31 as indicated' by a lineo-fsewing 51 or otherwise. Thisto'nguen1ein ber 48 is fitted with suitablebonesor stiffeners preferably running in opposite directions. The bonesor stiffeners running in a longitudinal direction are indicated at 52and 53., These also preferably diverge upwardly, while the transverse orcross bones or stilfeners are indicated at 54' and extend between thelongitudinal bones-or stifleners 52 and 53yso as to maintainthe sameapredetermined distance apart; It will now be apparent in adjusting'this;garment .to position, having particular reference to the upper portionthereof, that thelongitudinal bones or 'stiffeners 52 and 53 may be sothe extent to which the edges fittedwith the eyelets45 and 46 must bedrawn together by the lace 47 to make this side of the garmentsymmetrical with the opposite or fixed side thereof. To accomplish this,the eyei tudinal bones or stilfeners 52 andi53 in the tongue member48,itbeing understood that tongue member will fold over one another asindicated in. Fig.4 of the drawing. 'It

will furthermorebe apparent that inasmuch as the lower end ofthe tonguemember is Iplaced as to act as a gage in determining-* secured to theupper edge'of' the tensions strap 31; that this connection will maintainthe tongue member .in its proper position preventing it from' workingupwardly or to the other positions in the garment. It will also beapparentthat the 'adjustment in the lower portion of the garment iseffected as hereinbefore. described, by the" adjustment ofthe tension'straps22 and 31. Furthermore, as indicated in-Figs.v1,-2 and.

3, the corset'may be provided with suitable hose supporters 55 and 56,those on the right 1 hand side of the garment being shown at 55, andthose on the left hand side of the garment being shown at 56.

I claim as my invention:

1. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, a lacingdevice for connecting one front steel to its portion of the body member,a tongue underlying the said lacing device, and means associated withthe tongue for determining the extent to which the lacing device must beadjusted to make the parts of the garment symmetrical on both sidesthereof.

:2. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, a lacingdevice for connecting one front steel to its portion of the body member,a tongue underlying the lacing device and connected along one edge to afront steel section and along the opposite edge to the body of thegarment, and means associated with the tongue member for determining theextent to which the lacing device must be adjusted to make the parts ofthe garment symmetrical on both sides thereof.

3. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, a lacingdevice for connecting one front steel to its portion of the body member,a tongue connected along one edge to a front steel section and along theopposite edge to the body of the garment, and stays secured in saidtongue in such a position as to determine the extent to which the lacingdevice must be adjusted to make the parts of the garment symmetrical onboth sides thereof.

4. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, a lacingdevice extending downwardly and terminating an ap preciable distanceabove the lower end of one front steel for connecting this front steelto its portion of the body member, a tongue underlying the said lacingdevice, and means associated with the tongue for determining the extentto which the lacing device must be adjusted to make the parts of thegarment symmetrical on both sides thereof.

Signed by me this 19th day of May, 1917.

DANIEL KoPs.

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